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LBSU Hosts Big West Track and Field Championships This Weekend
THE STARTING GUN Friday, May 16 Big West Track & Field Championships Field • 10:30 a.m. • Track • 1 p.m. Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, Calif. Live Stats • Saturday, May 17 Big West Track & Field Championships Field • 10 a.m. • Track • 2 p.m. Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, […]
Friday, May 16
Big West Track & Field Championships
Field • 10:30 a.m. • Track • 1 p.m.
Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, Calif.
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Saturday, May 17
Big West Track & Field Championships
Field • 10 a.m. • Track • 2 p.m.
Jack Rose Track • Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats •
Coming off last week’s multis, Long Beach State hosts the Big West Track and Field Championships this weekend. The field events on Friday begin at 10:30, and the track races begin at 1 p.m. The field events start on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the track finals beginning at 2 p.m.
BIG WEST MULTIS RECAP
Claudine Raud-Gumiel broke the Long Beach State record in the heptathlon to win the event while Ryan Gregory broke the decathlon school record to finish second last weekend.
Raud-Gumiel’s 5,698 points broke the previous school mark of 5,671, which Riley Hooks set in 2017 when she became the last Long Beach State entry to win the Big West heptathlon in 2017. Her score ties with Cincinnati’s Juliette Laracuente-Huebner for ninth in Division I this season.
Gregory’s 7,898 points are the fifth-most in Division I this season. The top 24 scores in the multis advance to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships in June at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Jenelle Hurley finished fourth in the heptathlon, resetting her career-best to 5,425, the fourth-best score in school history. Tori Plummer was ninth with 4,874 points. Kendra Daniels scratched in the day two events and was credited with 16th (1,960).
Milo Orona finished third in the decathlon with the sixth-best score in school history, 7,369 points. Turner was ninth with 3,793 points despite only scoring in five events.
The heptathlon results have Long Beach State leading the team race with 15 points. The decathlon results have the Beach men second with 14 points.
BIG WEST RANKINGS
Long Beach State features several athletes at the top of the Big West performance list entering this week’s championships.
On the men’s side, Omri Shiff is first in the 400m (50.29), Kyle Jankans is first in the high jump (7-3), while Canaan Wharry is first in the discus (192-11).
For the women, Trinity Barnett is first in the 200m (23.56), Sofia Lavreshina is first in the 400m (53.06) and 400m hurdles (56.64), while Rahni Turner tops the 100m hurdles times (13.18w).
TEAM RANKINGS
In this week’s USTFCCAA TFRI Outdoor Checkpoint, the Long Beach State men are ranked 52nd in the National TFRI Team Summary. In the West Regional TFRI, LBSU is ranked ninth. In the conference TFRI Team Summary, the Beach is third. In the Event Squad Summary, Long Beach State is ranked seventh in the high jump and ninth in the triple jump.
The LBSU women moved 41 spots to 67th in the National TFRI Team Summary. In the West Regional TFRI, LBSU is ranked 11th. In the conference TFRI Team Summary, the Beach is third. In the Event Squad Summary, Long Beach State is ranked eighth in the heptathlon and 10th in the high jump.
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About Town Redondo: Home invasion, arrests; ocean water polo, Post Office upgrade
About Town Redondo: Home invasion, arrests; ocean water polo, Post Office upgrade – Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine Skip to content Police catch, arrest home invasion suspects Responding to a pre-6 a.m. disconnected 911 call about someone pointing a gun at another inside a car Aug. 17, Redondo […]
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Police catch, arrest home invasion suspects
Responding to a pre-6 a.m. disconnected 911 call about someone pointing a gun at another inside a car Aug. 17, Redondo Beach Police officers tracked the report to the 1900 block of Matthews Avenue.
Officers canvassed the area, learning that two residents had been victims of a home invasion, and the suspects fled on foot just before police arrived. Officers gave chase and took the two men into custody without incident.
Jesus Velez, 31, from Rochester, New York and Draven Luna, 21, Queens, New York, were arrested and charged with robbery, burglary and kidnapping. Bail for each was set at $100,000.
RBPD detectives now prepare to present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The two victims were treated at the scene by the Redondo Beach Fire Department and taken to a hospital, listed in stable condition. Their identities were withheld as the RBPD investigates the specific circumstances and motives of the incident.
Detectives believe there are no outstanding suspects, and no further threat to the community.
Anyone with information regarding the alleged crime is asked to contact RBPD Detective Coates at (310) 379-2477, ext. 3506.
King Harbor ocean water polo tournament coming; boat parade route expands
Ocean water polo in King Harbor will debut Sept. 20. A tournament with up to 10 teams, including at least two women’s, is set for a demonstration which may become an annual event.
Earlier this year, a water polo club approached Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light about the idea, following a previous attempt at such an event by Redondo Beach Firefighter Grant Currie.
The Sept. 20 tournament is meant as a proof-of concept, said the mayor, the idea being to approve a long-term event. Currie and Vedran Kaluderovic – City Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic’s husband, a longtime water polo player – are working together to organize the brackets.
Courts will be set up in the water between Riviera Mexican Grill and California Surf Club, a short-term location to take advantage of better spectator vantage points, before the proposed boat ramp goes in at the spot. Courts in the future are slated to be near the Joe’s Crab Shack site.
Ocean water polo is established in Europe but rare in the United States.
“We’re trying to activate the waterfront,” said City Councilman Chadwick Castle. “We want to draw more people down so we can all use and enjoy it.”
In addition, King Harbor Yacht Club’s “Holiday Boat Parade” will have a new route in December, to go closer to the Pier and the corner by Riviera Mexican Cantina, to make it more spectator-friendly.
“This is the only parade we have in Redondo Beach,” Castle said.
Post Office upgrades sorting and delivery center
The U.S. Postal Service has announced an update to the Redondo Beach Sorting and Delivery Center, to aid in operational precision and improve service performance.
“These new, state-of-the-art facilities will help make the Postal Service more efficient, more capable and more competitive for the future,” said Brian Cuellar, Redondo Beach Postmaster. “The investments we’ve made here represent more than just an upgrade; they represent a commitment to our employees, our customers and the future of the Postal Service.”
The modernized, local sorting and delivery center is one of 111 recently launched across the country, as part of a $19 billion investment to revitalize USPS processing, transportation and delivery networks. ER